Archives for March 15, 2005

'The Sabres offered to try it and, after some experimentation, settled on painting the sheet in what they call ``electric powder blue.'' To offset the new colored surface, arena officials decided to make the blue lines fluorescent orange, which is also the color used for the faceoff circles. The center line, normally red, is now dark blue.' … [Read more...] about Sabres experiment with blue ice surface

“Rick would line up about 10 pucks in a row on the hash marks and pick a spot on the net to shoot at. We would just keep zoning in on one area to get my hand-eye coordination focusing on a specific area of the goal. This is great to use during the game to visualize releasing the puck, if I see an opening on the goaltender. Rick is such an unbelievable shooter and he … [Read more...] about Derek Roy Answers Your Questions

'The Buffalo Sabres have three prospects still playing in the NCAA playoffs which are building up to the frozen four national championship. Here is a brief recap of where the Sabres' prospects stand.' … [Read more...] about College playoff round up

Amerks clinch, but North Division race tightens (Amerks.com) Amerks to practice at HSBC Arena Tuesday (Amerks.com) Amerks host Cleveland at HSBC Arena this Sunday (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s Rochester Coverage